Marvel.com: To start off, how did the opportunity for Cobie to come back pop up?
Jeffrey Bell: The good part was her other show just ended. CBS was very kind to share her early in the season, in [our] pilot, and so the fact that “How I Met Your Mother” ended allowed Cobie the freedom to do [this]. I think she really likes spending time with our cast and likes playing that character, so honestly we just had to ask and she just said yes.
Marvel.com: Perfect
Jeffrey Bell: She’s been amazing. There are so many people that let us know that they want to come on the show that are in the cinematic universe or just out there, but Maria Hill is such an important character to not only just the Marvel Universe but specifically to the S.H.I.E.L.D. universe. [Especially with] her relationship with Coulson, there’s something that’s just special and fun [in the] opportunity for two friends to get together with what’s happened.
He’s the man that desperately believes that you know that there’s still good in this organization and [S.H.I.E.L.D.’s] worth fighting for. And as we’ve seen, spoiler alert, the end result of where Maria Hill is heading at the end of “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” puts her in a different place when these two characters [meet] each other again.
Marvel.com: We’ve seen a little of how Coulson is taking the dismantling of S.H.I.E.L.D., but what about Hill?
Jeffrey Bell: I think, Maria being the high level person she was, takes the long view. I guess she’s very pragmatic, or [at least] playing pragmatic. So when she shows up and we know that she’s [working] for Stark Industries, in a certain way I think she’s looking for a fresh start and a new way for her to help [the world], a new way for her to be involved, a new way for her to do good. But I think it’s a great opportunity for her and Coulson to be in some conflict because he’s the guy who doesn’t want to let go, and she’s the one that’s clearly moved on.
Jeffrey Bell: The good part was her other show just ended. CBS was very kind to share her early in the season, in [our] pilot, and so the fact that “How I Met Your Mother” ended allowed Cobie the freedom to do [this]. I think she really likes spending time with our cast and likes playing that character, so honestly we just had to ask and she just said yes.
Marvel.com: Perfect
Jeffrey Bell: She’s been amazing. There are so many people that let us know that they want to come on the show that are in the cinematic universe or just out there, but Maria Hill is such an important character to not only just the Marvel Universe but specifically to the S.H.I.E.L.D. universe. [Especially with] her relationship with Coulson, there’s something that’s just special and fun [in the] opportunity for two friends to get together with what’s happened.
He’s the man that desperately believes that you know that there’s still good in this organization and [S.H.I.E.L.D.’s] worth fighting for. And as we’ve seen, spoiler alert, the end result of where Maria Hill is heading at the end of “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” puts her in a different place when these two characters [meet] each other again.
Marvel.com: We’ve seen a little of how Coulson is taking the dismantling of S.H.I.E.L.D., but what about Hill?
Jeffrey Bell: I think, Maria being the high level person she was, takes the long view. I guess she’s very pragmatic, or [at least] playing pragmatic. So when she shows up and we know that she’s [working] for Stark Industries, in a certain way I think she’s looking for a fresh start and a new way for her to help [the world], a new way for her to be involved, a new way for her to do good. But I think it’s a great opportunity for her and Coulson to be in some conflict because he’s the guy who doesn’t want to let go, and she’s the one that’s clearly moved on.
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